Copper Nickel

"Copper Nickel is a literary journal published by the students and faculty at the University of Colorado Denver."

Prose rejections

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Dear —,

Thank you for sending us "—". We appreciate the opportunity to read your work, but unfortunately this submission was not right for us.

Thank you for thinking of us, and—

Best wishes, The Editors of Copper Nickel

Higher Tier

Thank you for sending us "---". We really enjoyed this work, but we must return it to you at this time.

We hope that you will continue to send us your work.

Sincerely,

The Editors of Copper Nickel

Higher Tier

Dear [name]:

Thank you for sending us "---".

Unfortunately this work was not right for us at this time, but we were very interested. We hope that you will feel encouraged by this short note and will send us something else in the future.

Sincerely,

The Editors of Copper Nickel

Poetry rejections

Standard

Dear Writer:

We appreciate the opportunity to read your work, but unfortunately this submission was not right for Copper Nickel.

Thank you for trying us.

Sincerely, The Editors of Copper Nickel

2019

Dear [name],

Thank you for sending us "[poem names]". We appreciate the opportunity to read your work, but unfortunately this submission was not right for us.

Thank you for thinking of us, and—

Best wishes, The Editors of Copper Nickel

Higher Tier

Thank you for sending us "---". We really enjoyed this work, but we must return it to you at this time.

We hope that you will continue to send us your work.

Sincerely,

The Editors of Copper Nickel

Alternate Higher Tier (2015 + 2020)

Dear [name],

Thank you for sending us [submission title]. We found much to admire in this fine work; nonetheless, it didn't quite land with us at this time.

We encourage you to send to us again, though we respectfully ask that you wait six months before resubmitting.

In the meantime, thanks for thinking of us, and—

Best wishes,

The Editors of CopperNickel